find it difficult to understand. In this way Islam has set forth, in the light of everyone’s personal experience, what behaviour may be indulged in and what behaviour has to be refrained from. According

A MESSAGE FOR THE NEW YEARDear Readers, Greetings of Peace! This January 2020 issue of Spirit of Islam (SOI) marks the magazine’s entry into 8th year of its publication. We are thankful to Almighty God

religion were considered to be at irreconcilable variance. However, Islam being the religion of nature, there is no contradiction between Islam and science. Quran believed to be the preserved book of God is

Prophet of Islam, his life and teachings are historically established. SOI firmly believes that the age of science and technology has only strengthened the religion of Islam. SOI presents Islam from the

THE EDITORIAL DIRECTORDr. Farida Khanam has been a professor at the Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. A Study of World's Major Religions, A Simple Guide to Sufism are two

the books amongst many others, of which she is the author. She has also translated many books on Islam authored by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Currently, the chairperson of Centre for Peace and Spirituality

circumstances demanded and not in a purely theoretical way. It enshrines only the basic teachings of Islam. The detailed application of these teachings is to be found in the sayings and actions of the Prophet

professor at the Department of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. She has to her credit the authorship of several books. She has also translated many books on Islam authored by Maulana Wahiduddin

peace-building, countering extremism and conflict resolution. WITH the January 2018 issue, Spirit of Islam enters its sixth year of publication. The  continued interest shown by readers has encouraged our

had been therapeutic for her during a very difficult phase of her life. The purpose of Spirit of Islam is to empower numerous such persons to deal with life’s challenges, deriving positivity even from

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognized as one of its most influential Muslims1 . His

He is the founder of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality based in New Delhi. UN-ISLAMIC CULTURE IN THE NAME OF ISLAM JULY 1, 2016, six militants burst into the Holy Artisan Bakery, in an affluent area

of God. Islam, in fact, is another name for this life of servitude to God. Where the Islamic life is devoted to the service of God, the un-Islamic life unashamedly flouts the will of God. Islam teaches

When a man consciously seeks out and finds God, and thereby has access to divine realities, that is what constitutes faith. This discovery is no simple matter. God is the Creator and Owner of all things

as brothers or uncles are responsible for her upkeep. In the absence of even this third form, the Islamic shari’ah holds the State Treasury (baitumal) responsible for bearing her expenses. She will be entitled

money for her necessities. Because of the number of provisions made under Islamic law for women it has never been the case in Islamic history that Muslim divorced women have been cast adrift, helpless, with

hear of Muslim women committing suicide or being tortured like Hindu women, which is a proof that Islam has already given them adequate liberty and has made enough provision for them to be supported in

consultation in all matters. (3:159) We learn from traditions that the Prophet of Islam always consulted people in his dealings. What is a consultation? onsultation is to seek people’s opinions on any issue that

solve the issue in a better way with a more accurate plan. What is done without consultation is based on the thinking of one person, while what is

potential into reality. What is called izhar ad-din in the Quran does not refer to something which is temporary in nature. It, in fact, refers to an eternal ideological ascendancy of Islam. It means that in

ideology, such a revolution would be brought about as would establish the ideological supremacy of Islam forever. God has already brought it into existence potentially: believers have only to tap and convert

on the authority of Abu Umamah, that a man from a certain tribe came to the Prophet, and asked him what teachings he had brought from God. “That relationships should be strengthened and wrongful killing

passage of the Quran to him. Often phrases like, “He made mention Islam, and read some of the Quran to them,” or “He presented the message of Islam before them, and recited to them a passage of the Quran,” recurred

mission. The Quran possessed extraordinary magnetism for the Arabs. Even some of the direst enemies of Islam used to steal up to the Prophet’s house at night, put their ears to the wall, and listen to him reciting